Smashed Potato-Cheddar Cakes with Warm Cran-apple Sauce

By Jerryann

Ingredients

• 3 Gokden or Red Delicious appkes peeled and chopped
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 C apple cider
• 3 TBS brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 C prepared whole berry cranberry sauce
• 3 cups smashed potatoes
• 2 C grated Cheddar
• 2 scallions finely chopped
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• Salt and pepper
• Drizzle oil
• Butter
• Paprika to garnish optional

Preparation

Step 1

Place apples lemon juice cider sugar and cinnamon in med pot over med high heat and cook down into thick sauce stirring occasionally 15 mins . Remove from heat and stir in cranberry sauce to warm through and combine. Heat a large nonstick skillet over med heat. Place potatoes and microwave 2 mins on high to slightly reheat and loosen potatoes. Stir them up with the liquid to make them workable again. Cobine cheese scallions and nutmeg with potatoes and adjust salt and pepper. Add a drizzle of oil and a pat of butter to ur preheated skillet then score the potatoes and cheese mixture in half. Using the first half of the potatoes make 6 (3 inch across and 1/2 inch thick) potato cakes and space then evenly aroud the pan. Cook the ckaes until golden all over 3 mins per side. Then remove and garnish with paprika if using and repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve potato cakes with warm cran-apple sauce for topping .